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2020-11-12Newly-composed torture prevention treaty body ready to face challenges
Twelve members were elected to the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) on 22 October by the 90 States parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT).
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2020-11-11
IE SOGI - Virtual Consultation -Concept Note
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2020-10-16
International Webinar on Covid-19 and the Ombudsperson
The State Comptroller and Ombudsman of Israel and the IOI invite you to participate in an international Zoom Webinar on the theme of “Covid-19 and the Ombudsperson - Rising to the Challenge of a Pandemic”. The webinar will be held on 24 November 2020. Save the date!
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2020-11-09
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights takes a stand in relation to a public interest disclosure
The right to petition, the principle of legal certainty and the right to fair administration of official matters were violated by the practice of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology in the handling of public interest disclosures.
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2020-10-06
Prisons: un nouveau droit de plaintes pour les détenus
A partir de ce 1er octobre 2020, les détenus bénéficient d’un droit formel de plainte contre les décisions de la direction de la prison.
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2020-03-06
Ombudsman Hong Kong probes arrangements for production, distribution and stocktaking of surgical masks
The Ombudsman, Ms Winnie Chiu, announced the launch of a direct investigation to examine the arrangements for production, distribution and stocktaking of surgical masks manufactured by the Correctional Services Department (CSD).
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2019-04-09
Summer School for the Ombudspesons - Article by Paul Herfs and Leo Klijn
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2017-05-31
European Ombudsman - Annual Report 2015
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2019-12-02
English overview of the Chancellor of Justice activities in 2018/2019 now available
The Chancellor of Justice, Estonia, has just released its Annual Report 2018/2019. The report covers the period from 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2019. It gives an overview of the activities of the Chancellor of Justice in the areas such as the rule of law, the rights of the child, the rights of persons with disabilities, prevention of ill-treatment, protection and promotion of human rights, protection of privacy, and many others.
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2015-07-15
Local Government Ombudsman - Annual Report 2014/2015 EN
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2017-11-21
Austria - Annual Report 2009 - EN
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2020-11-18
Did the measures taken during the quarantine comply with the principles of human rights?
After the Government brought back the quarantine regime and re-introduction more intensive restrictions on human rights and freedoms throughout the territory of the Republic of Lithuania, the Seimas Ombudsman Augustinas Normantas presented a report assessing the compliance of emergency management measures that were introduced in March this year with human rights and freedoms.
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2017-05-08
Catalan Ombudsman: Human Rights regression in Spain: elected officials’ freedom of expression and the separation of powers in the Kingdom of Spain (April 2017)
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2019-12-02
Dr. jur. Niels Fenger has been elected new Danish Parliamentary Ombudsman
The Danish Parliament, Folketinget, has elected Dr. jur. Niels Fenger as new Parliamentary Ombudsman. He will succeed Mr. Jørgen Steen Sørensen who has taken up an appointment as a Justice of the Danish Supreme Court.
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2017-11-30
New Zealand - Annual Report 2015/2016 EN
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2019-10-07
Annual Report 2018-2019 - Ombudsman Nova Scotia
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2019-10-07
Ombudsman Nova Scotia - Annual Report 2018/2019 - EN
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2018-01-30
Record number of complaints received by the Finnish Parliamentary Ombudsman in 2017
In 2017, the Parliamentary Ombudsman received a record number of 6,192 complaints, which is an increase of almost 1,300 complaints from 2016 (4,922 complaints). Complaints against the Social Insurance Institution (Kela) totalled 1,169, and 814 of them concerned social assistance, therefore increasing by about 700 compared to 2016. The criminal sanctions field, social insurance and labour and unemployment security were other administrative branches that saw a clear increase in the number of complaints.
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2019-09-04
Being Complaint About - Good Practice Principles and Guidelines by Dr. Chris Gill (University of Glasgow) & Carolyn Hirst (Hirstworks)